Police release homicide victim's name in Fairfield shooting

Fairfield police have released the name of a Vacaville man killed in a shooting on Grande Circle on Friday, and on Sunday they issued a call to the public to help find the culprits.

Tereaun Berry, 26, died as a result of wounds suffered in a shooting in the 1900 block of Grande Circle just before 5:30 p.m. Friday.

Officers responded to the troubled neighborhood after receiving multiple calls from area residents reporting a flurry of gunfire that had erupted between two groups of males standing across the street from each other, one at 1955 Grande Circle and the second at 1979 Grande Circle.

Officers arrived to find bullet casings littering the street and Berry suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Police said the shooting was not gang-related.

A former football standout at Will C. Wood High School, Berry was rushed to an area hospital, where he died as a result of his injuries.

During the course of the investigation, a second victim suffering from a single gunshot wound showed up at Kaiser Permanente in Vacaville. This victim was identified as a 25-year-old Vacaville man, but police have not released his name.

Berry had prior brushes with the law, including a drug bust and for his role as the driver of a red van involved in a June 20, 2007, drive-by shooting in Vacaville that left 19-year-old Angelo Ray Hurst dead and 18-year-old Xavier Montano seriously injured with a bullet wound in the leg. He was not charged in that case, but testified against the shooter, Joseph Stanley Duran, who in 2010 was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.

In releasing the identity of Friday's shooting victim, police noted that the investigation is ongoing. There were numerous individuals in the area at the time of the shooting, they noted, asking for individuals who observed this crime to come forward.

No arrests have been made.

Anyone with information regarding this crime is asked to call the Fairfield Police Department Major Crimes Unit at 428-7600, the 24-hour tip line at 428-7345 or Solano Crime Stoppers at 644-7867. Callers may remain anonymous.